Kiddie classics

My 22-month-old loves the Imagination Movers from the Disney channel. I buy their CDs so we can take the music on car rides. – a BabyCenter member

My music

My daughter listens to what I listen to: Symphonic Power Metal with classical female vocals. She seems to enjoy it. She "dances" and even tries to sing. – a BabyCenter member

We listen to the same music my husband and I listen to, which is usually rock music of all kinds and eras, or sometimes classical. I don't like "children's music," and I never listened to it growing up. We just make sure whatever we're listening to has clean lyrics. Our daughter's favorite is the Doobie Brothers. (Not sure where that came from!) – a kick

Little ones with grownup tastes

My 23-month-old loves R&B. We can barely understand her when she talks, but we can understand her when she's singing. – a BabyCenter member

My 2-year-old loves punk rock! When we put on The Ramones, he bobs his head and "dances." We listen to all kinds of music and do lots of dancing. It's good fun and good exercise. – wendyc2112

My 23-month-old and I listen to a lot of Elvis. I just melt when he sings me his version of "Love Me Tender"! – a BabyCenter member

My 16-month-old loves to dance to anything, especially big band music and stuff with a lot of energy. I try to expose my children to classic rock, big band and swing (we love dancing to this!), and country. I play classical, too (Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, etc.) and even Christian music. We are a very musical family – we go to bed with music playing and wake up to it, every day. I believe that music is the soundtrack of our lives... – chancesmomma

Everything!

My little one loves to dancey-dance to techno, especially The Prodigy, Freezepop, and Junkie XL. For earthy dance, we spin Oculus, Afro Celt Sound System, Rusted Root, and Squonk. She also seems to like female vocals, so we listen to a lot of Shakira and Lady Gaga and Dido. Sometimes we go with alternative like The Pixies, Sunny Day Real Estate, or Steve Burns (both his alt-rock solo CD, and his Blue's Clues stuff). Of course we listen to kids' CDs too, we love the For The Kids mix CD (with Sarah McLachlan doing "Rainbow Connection," Cake doing "Mahna Mahna," and Tom Waits doing "Bend Down The Branches," plus the really cool track of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" by Chantal K.) and a few Disney CDs (mostly for the car). We spend a lot of time listening to music at our house! – redcat

My 2-year-old loves all kinds of music. If it has a good beat, she'll dance to it! It's just too cute. – stephil1210

If it has a tune, my 15-month-old likes it. She enjoyed the Mozart for Minors CD I got as a gift, but when hubby puts in PJ Harvey or the Red Hot Chili Peppers, she smiles and dances just as much! She even dances to cell phone ring tones, so I say experiment with whatever you like. – marabsky

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